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his arm a tooth from the right side of the upper jaw, he will 
never miss any object he may happen to aim at with a dart. 
The palate, dried and warmed with Egyptian alum,^^ is curative 
of bad odours and ulcers of the mouth, care being taken to 
renew the application three times. Dogs, they say, will never 
bark at persons who have a hyaena's tongue in the shoe, 
beneath the sole of the foot. The left side of the brain, applied 
to the nostrils, is said to have a soothing effect upon all 
dangerous maladies either in men or beasts. They say, too, that 
the skin of the forehead is a preservative against all fascina- 
tions ; that the flesh of the neck, whether eaten or dried and 
taken in drink, is good for pains in the loins ; that the sinews 
of the back and shoulders, used as a fumigation, are good for 
pains in the sinews ; that the bristles of the snout, applied to 
a woman's lips, have all the effect of a philtre ; aud that the 
liver, administered in drink, is curative of griping pains and 
urinary calculi. 
The heart, it is said, taken with the food or drink, is remedial 
for all kinds of pains in the body ; the milt for pains in the 
spleen ; the caul, in combination with oil, for inflammatory ul- 
cers ; and the marrow for pains in the spine and weakness in the 
sinews. The strings of the kidneys, they say, if taken with 
wine and frankincense, will restore fruitfulness, in cases where 
it has been banished through the agency of noxious spells ; the 
uterus, taken in drink with the rind of a sweet pomegranate, 
is highly beneficial for diseases of the uterus ; and the fat of 
the loins, used as a fumigation, removes all impediments to 
delivery, and accelerates parturition. The marrow of the back, 
attached to the body as an amulet, is an effectual remedy for 
fantastic illusions, and the genitals of the male animal, used 
as a fumigation, are good for the cure of spasms. For oph- 
thalmia, ruptures, and inflammations, the feet, which are kept 
for the purpose, are touched ; the left feet for affections on the 
right side of the body, and the right feet for affections on the 
left. The left foot, if laid upon the body of a woman in travail, 
will be productive, they say, of fatal effects ; but the right foot, 
similarly employed, will facilitate delivery. The vesicle 
which has contained the gall, taken in wine or with the food, is 
*9 We shall have occasion to make enquiry as to the identity of the 
" alumen of Pliny on a future occasion. 
^ " Vanas species." 
